http://karakoram09.over-blog.com/ This summer Philippe Gatta will try to climb Gasherbrum II (8 035 m), Gasherbrum I (8 068 m) and Broad Peak (8 047 m) back to back and without supplementary oxygen. en Thu, 15 Apr 2010 07:38:03 +0200 Thu, 15 Apr 2010 07:38:03 +0200 En.over-blog.com RSS 2.0 Engine Copyright 2012 karakoram09.over-blog.com Sports http://www.rssboard.org/rss-specification/ http://karakoram09.over-blog.com/article-33839618.html
Philippe was stuck in C2 at 6450 m when a storm came in and they had loads of snow coming down. The summit attempt was canceled and they are all back in Camp Base since the 13th. It seems like the snow will continue falling and since they need a few days of good weather for the slopes to[...]]]> Wed, 15 Jul 2009 11:14:00 +0200 f03fd00dce201a977dfc48ac838429ff http://karakoram09.over-blog.com/article-33839618-6.html#anchorComment http://karakoram09.over-blog.com/article-33665126.html
This morning Philippe called from Base Camp. He feels great, eat much and is very motivated. They have a weather window coming up so the plan is to make a summit bid on Gasherbrum 2: 11th- Camp 1, 12th - Camp 2, 13th - Camp 3 (his birthday) and the 14th - the summit. If the good weather[...]]]> Fri, 10 Jul 2009 11:44:00 +0200 71400dcc04b1a5a06613c5a1ec182f73 http://karakoram09.over-blog.com/article-33665126-6.html#anchorComment http://karakoram09.over-blog.com/article-33578330.html
Hi, we have news from Philippe in Camp Base (6 July): Serap and I are ready, the material is up on Camp 2 on Gasherbrum 2 but there is too much snow and avalanches to do a summit bid. Right now we have good weather so it is stabilizing. But we will have to do the trail all the way to the[...]]]> Wed, 08 Jul 2009 08:59:00 +0200 74efaad9e36fd042c36c80cd2664e144 http://karakoram09.over-blog.com/article-33578330-6.html#anchorComment http://karakoram09.over-blog.com/article-33554226.html
Hi, I have uploaded 2 albums with photos from the trekk up to Gasherbrum Base Camp. I made a seperate one with all the people we met and that worked with us or other teams. More photos from the high mountain will be published after Philippe is back. See below to the right "Albums". Bonsoir, je[...]]]> Tue, 07 Jul 2009 16:34:00 +0200 c9300c73de805647ce285d3e1a74c40e http://karakoram09.over-blog.com/article-33554226-6.html#anchorComment http://karakoram09.over-blog.com/article-33514661.html Mon, 06 Jul 2009 17:12:00 +0200 d298911cb6f655b82c37ba59e7b6da0c http://karakoram09.over-blog.com/article-33514661-6.html#anchorComment http://karakoram09.over-blog.com/article-33447155.html
News from 3 July: "It is still very difficult to send email. Shortly, I have made a first acclimatisation climb to Camp 1 (5900m), returned back to BC, then we made a second climb to Camp 1 and then Camp 2 on Gasherbrum 2 (6450m). I came back to BC 3 days ago. We are ready to attempt the[...]]]> Sat, 04 Jul 2009 19:46:00 +0200 ff891f6aab5a7a6c2337d059a39229f3 http://karakoram09.over-blog.com/article-33447155-6.html#anchorComment http://karakoram09.over-blog.com/article-33394549.html Fri, 03 Jul 2009 11:00:00 +0200 c8b7aaef03a0d36a9a2cebda4e609592 http://karakoram09.over-blog.com/article-33394549-6.html#anchorComment http://karakoram09.over-blog.com/article-33266403.html Tue, 30 Jun 2009 08:29:00 +0200 38ddc6d2481da3ff687a493914999cdb http://karakoram09.over-blog.com/article-33266403-6.html#anchorComment http://karakoram09.over-blog.com/article-33228933.html
Hi all, this is Anna writing from Islamabad and I am back from Base Camp. The technology hasn`t been great and I can only guess what is going on up there. The plan when I left Gasherbrum Base Camp the 23rd was that Philippe goes up to Camp 1 and sleep there, continue to Camp 2 the day after to[...]]]> Mon, 29 Jun 2009 11:18:00 +0200 787cfd92093e66495aaf2feed144f411 http://karakoram09.over-blog.com/article-33228933-6.html#anchorComment http://karakoram09.over-blog.com/article-32524383.html Thu, 11 Jun 2009 14:14:00 +0200 fa6d84d4b6db54dfabf67ca0c7054e69 http://karakoram09.over-blog.com/article-32524383-6.html#anchorComment